Chapter 157 Jingang Body (2/2)

Shen Lian knew that there were plenty of branches in Buddhism, and all of them had different interpretations and understanding of Buddhism. Hence, they would debate in public in order to test their own strength, and also propagate their understanding. After all, a debate between two people would always be more interesting than listening to a single person. Moreover, it would inspire one to ponder deeply as well.

This sort of debates had nothing to do with the state of attainment. Even if a monk who was in charge of sweeping the floor and had zero cultivation could add in a few words during the debate. The enlightened monks would not mind at all if the remark made could help them to understand the true meaning of Rulai better.

On this point, Xuanmen did have their version of the conversation. The venue would usually be somewhere nice and deserted. As the saying goes, ”Daoist drifted around the world without a trace, in the unknown place in the depths of clouds”, and a lot of Daoist cultivators saw the mortal secular world as a place filled with suffering and had stayed away from it. Moreover, even if one had helped tens of thousands of people, it would be a joke if one still failed to attain immortality. This was why Buddhism was more influential in the mortal secular world.

However, when the top one percent was concerned, Daoist sects still had an advantage over Buddhism. Even Lu Jiuyuan himself was awe-inspiring enough, and every cultivator in this world looked up to him and held him in the highest regard.

”I see, I will be there,” Shen Lian replied after thinking for a while.

Since his job here was done, Hong Zhen had no reason to stay. He exchanged a few polite greetings with Shen Lian and was ready to leave. Out of a sudden, Shen Lian pressed on his shoulder. Divine power rushed out of him immediately, and the power was charging at Shen Lian. Shen Lian’s Daoist robe welled up and contracted. Hong Zhen immediately took five steps back and stood firmly. The accumulation of snow on the ground was forced aside, and five clear footprints could be seen. The surrounding area cracked.

”I see that you are cultivating the King Kong Strength. How impressive!” Shen Lian smiled.

”It is King Kong Strength indeed. Sorry for my lack of control, for I have destroyed the ground,” Hong Zhen apologized.

Shen Lian sent a wave of yellow current to the ground. The crack in the ground was healed immediately, and Hong Zhen was very amazed.

”The great techniques of Xuan Men were amazing. I still have errands to run and I will excuse myself now. If you still have any instruction for me, you may voice it,” he replied.

”You may leave now, I was just testing you. Sorry if I have offended you,” Shen Lian replied.

Shen Lian shook his head after Hong Zhen left. It would seem that Shen Lian was being unnecessarily suspicious; he was not sure if Hong Zhen had King Kong Strength, but it was massive and did not exhibit any evil characteristics.

As for whether he was telling the truth, it would not be hard to find out. He just had to head down the mountain and ask around.

Hong Zhen descended from the mountain and arrived at a small forest. He did not go into the forest but had gestured a formula. A green light appeared and headed right into the forest. Sounds of the bell were coming out of the forest, and after thirty minutes, a flying ark fell from the sky. No one was navigating the ark. Hong Zhen boarded the flying ark and the flying ark ascended immediately. It was unknown how high the altitude was, but there were gusts of heavenly wind blowing.

There were thick clouds not far away, and the flying ark had sent him there. Hong Zhen stepped on the fluffy clouds and seemed to be relaxing.

”You seem to have mastered The Forbidden Technique of Xiaozhu Clouds. It’s not dangerous for even a mortal like me to step on it,” Hong Zhen looked the same, but he gave off an entirely different aura. He stood on the clouds and his clothes danced in the wind. He seemed very charismatic.

A lot of believers, male or female alike would definitely be moved by the sight of him.

He was speaking to a ball of divine aura. There were hints of blood flowing in the divine aura.

”It does not matter if I have mastered the techniques in the mortal world. Otherwise, I would not be struggling to run away from Ziling Uncle-Master. Too bad that I didn’t get to synchronized Shen Lian with my ”Free Form Incarnation”, otherwise I would have been able to peep into the mystery of the Taixu Strategy. At least I would have gained some improvement and would not be struggling to escape from Ziling Uncle-Master.” The voice in the divine aura sounded the same as the person in bloody clothes. He sounded calm even though he was complaining about his predicament.

Hong Zhen knew that the divine aura was merely a small part of spiritual consciousness that came from the person’s main body from a thousand miles away. Even though the spiritual consciousness was still important, but it would not hurt his main body even if the spiritual consciousness was wiped out.

Hong Zhen had never seen his face before. As he had blended into the crowd, he might be any street artist in the market or a young man who succeeded in the Imperial Examination; he could even be an important minister in a huge empire.

Regardless of how many clones he may create with his ”Free Form Incarnation”, he would still have an original body. Otherwise, the clones would have individual consciousness and would not be able to distinguish who ”I” was.

”For Ziling Zhenren’s Taixu Strategy, the moment she managed to cultivate Primordial Spiritual Body, she had become the top one percent of the world. Besides Lu Jiuyuan, no one could say with certainty that they could take her out. If it is not for the fact that you have not completed your Dao formula yet, Ziling Zhenren wouldn’t be able to do anything to you,” Hong Zhen replied.

”You seem to be better with words in this reincarnation as compared to your previous reincarnation. Shen Lian managed to use Grandmaster Yuan Qing’s meaning of Dharma to eliminate the demonic seeds of my ”Free Form Incarnation”. We have no choice but to lure him to the Jinguang Temple and look for a chance to draw out the relic in Jinguang Temple with the meaning of Dharma. With this Buddha relic, you will be able to successfully cultivate your Jingang Body.”

Hong Zhen’s identity was not a lie, and there was no loophole. The difference was, in his earlier preparation, he planned to invite the Shen Lian who had been replaced by the blood-red divine aura.